03-10-2011, 12:03 PM
Everyone responds to excess in their lives differently. At what point does a past time become an obsession? Only you can judge that for yourself. No matter what your friends say, your family...if you are deep in addiction, the only person that can make the decision to change it you. Derek apparently recognized that he had a problem.
But we are not all like Derek. And our interpretations of "games" can be different. I discovered online games a couple of years ago. Being older than most here, it was a late discovery. I have made friends from all over the world. Canada, Australia, Belgium, Iceland, Norway, UK and Russia to name just a few. We email each other, talk on Skype...about the game ...and just life in general. Lot of these people are almost like family. We help each other in game and out of game and get to know each other without the cultural facades getting in the way.
All wrapped around the skein of a pixellated game.
Experience or catalyst can go either way. Its what you make of the situations you find yourself in. If you accept that everything is just as its supposed to be...then perhaps you neeed to search for the lessons you've set yourself up for.
Thats why none of us can judge each other by our own experiences.
Richard
But we are not all like Derek. And our interpretations of "games" can be different. I discovered online games a couple of years ago. Being older than most here, it was a late discovery. I have made friends from all over the world. Canada, Australia, Belgium, Iceland, Norway, UK and Russia to name just a few. We email each other, talk on Skype...about the game ...and just life in general. Lot of these people are almost like family. We help each other in game and out of game and get to know each other without the cultural facades getting in the way.
All wrapped around the skein of a pixellated game.
Experience or catalyst can go either way. Its what you make of the situations you find yourself in. If you accept that everything is just as its supposed to be...then perhaps you neeed to search for the lessons you've set yourself up for.
Thats why none of us can judge each other by our own experiences.
Richard